AI summary
Privacy-focused Telegram client with proprietary components removed. Supports Tor routing, custom translation providers, and OpenStreetMap-based location sharing. Note: account creation requires the official Telegram app first; extensive permissions include call log and phone state access.
Generated by AI. May contain inaccuracies.
About this app
*Warning:* Creating new accounts in the FOSS version not possible anymore, you have to create an account in the official build and then login to the FOSS. Client for the Telegram messaging platform.
Chat with friends, start group chats and share all kinds of content. All of your messages and conversations are stored in Telegram's cloud.
The messaging platform is aimed at mobile devices, but desktop and web clients exist as well.
Several proprietary parts were removed from the original Telegram client, including Google Play Services for the location services, HockeySDK for self-updates and push notifications through Google Cloud Messaging. Location sharing functionality is restored using OpenStreetMap.
Anti-Feature: Non-Free Network, since the servers run proprietary software.
The official source code of the app contains binary blobs, so this tracks a fork which builds those from source. Hence, versions might become available with a certain lag.
What's new
- What's New
- You can now translate selected text in chats and secret chats using your preferred translation engine.
- Improved
- Tor connection stability is improved, ensuring it remains active during VoIP calls and recovers correctly when the app returns to the foreground.
- Translation requests can now be routed through a custom provider instead of relying solely on the Telegram cloud.
About this version
- Version
- 12.7.3.5.3 (6750058)
- Size
- 47.98 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 43
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Package
- it.belloworld.mercurygram
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